Baptist Union warns Covid grievers against turning to spiritualism and trying to contact the dead
by Kelly Valencia, Premier:
A group from the Baptist Union of Great Britain has issued a warning against people turning to spiritualism to help with their grieving process.
The Baptist Deliverance Study Group, a body in charge of deliverance ministry, has expressed concern as there has been a rise in people looking to contact the dead through mediums to say goodbye to loved ones.
But the group is urging people to stay away from such practices as it could “open up a doorway to great spiritual oppression which requires a Christian rite to set that person free.”
“The fact that people have often not been able to say goodbye properly…there’s often been very limited contact at the end with loved ones, and even limited numbers in funeral services. And therefore, it stores a lot of unmet psychological needs in people,” Rev Jayne Irlam from the Baptist Deliverance Study Group told Premier.
“We need to think carefully as the church about how we meet that, and how Christ wants to meet that in order to persuade people that they don’t need to turn to these practices, which invariably leads to bondage and suffering in the end.”
Rev Irlam went on to explain that many people who have approached the group for help, and had been involved in spiritualism or even satanism, said they found “a greater sense of belonging [in spiritualism] than they would feel from the established Church”.
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